Varun Sood, Senior Associate

Varun Sood

Senior Associate

Masan Group

Lieu
Inde - Delhi
Éducation
Master, Finance/Strategy
Expérience
4 years, 4 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :4 years, 4 Mois

Senior Associate à Masan Group
  • Inde
  • mars 2012 à février 2013

- Extensive private equity (PE) experience in Vietnam's largest private sector enterprise with a market cap of
+$3 bn; evaluated investment potential in a vast array of industries and validated potential deals worth $100-$400 million

- Worked with investment/financial research team to evaluate new investment opportunities in high-growth sectors like retail, agriculture and telecom

- Conducted due diligence for live deals (worth +$100 million) in the telecom and energy space

Equity Research Analyst à Insight Guru
  • Inde - Delhi
  • mars 2011 à mars 2012

- Responsible for creating and managing equity coverage for high-growth technology stocks in US, including Google, Facebook, Groupon and Yahoo

- Constructed comprehensive financial models and prepared detailed research reports on companies based on macro-economic data and financial statement analysis

- Wrote over 200 industry specific articles/opinions which were syndicated to reputed publishers such as Forbes and E-Trade

General Management Associate à ING Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong
  • juin 2008 à mars 2010

Was part of ING's General Management Program in 2008; amassed extensive international/domestic
experience with a focus on sales/marketing of insurance products

- Responsible for monitoring & analyzing business performance of ING's entire life insurance business in the Asia-Pacific region, including Korea, India, Thailand, Malaysia and China with a combined sales portfolio of over $500 million

- Initiated significant improvements in the MIS reporting system for Tied Agency (insurance) channels across Asia-Pacific

- Worked as part of sales support team at ING Vysya at Bangalore, India, analyzing the agent recruitment process

- Conducted surveys, interviews and focus group discussions to evaluate and recommend improvements in the agent incentivization scheme

Summer Intern, Sales & Customer Relationships à Freudenberg & Vilene International
  • Hong Kong
  • avril 2007 à juin 2007

- Interned with the Freudenberg Group, one of Germany's largest conglomerates with a turnover of over $7 billion

- Analyzed over 8 key accounts across 15 countries worth $25mn; made recommendations to revamp sales portfolio

- Identified potential increase in product sales to the Top 10 global apparel manufacturers to the tune of 5 million Euros

Summer Trainee à Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, India
  • France
  • mai 2005 à juillet 2005

- Created model for heat-exchange analysis; reduced decision making effort/time & material/manpower costs by 10%

Éducation

Master, Finance/Strategy
  • à Indian Institute of Management
  • mars 2008
Master, Strategy
  • à EDHEC
  • décembre 2007

Studied for one semester at EDHEC, Nice (France) as part of IIM Bangalore's exchange program

Baccalauréat, Mechanical Engineering
  • à Indian Institute of Technology
  • mars 2006

Specialties & Skills

Investment Banking
Private Equity
Equity Valuation
Due Diligence
Financial Projections
Financial Analysis
Valuation
Investment/Equity Research
Management Reporting
Life Insurance

Langues

Anglais
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